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In The Oxford Handbook of Language Evolution, sixty leading scholars present critical accounts of every aspect of the field. Its five parts are devoted to insights from comparative animal behaviour; the biology of language evolution; the prehistory of language; the development of a linguistic species; and language creation, transmission, and change. Research on language evolution has burgeoned over the last three decades. Interdisciplinary activity has produced fundamental advances in the understanding of language evolution and in the evolution of human andanimal communication more generally. This book presents a wide-ranging summation of work in all the disciplines involved. It highlights the links between different lines of research, shows what has been achieved, and considers promising directions for the future. The Oxford Handbook of Language Evolution will be valued by everyone interested in one of the most productive and fascinating fields in natural and cognitive science.

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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Sociology & anthropology Anthropology

• Full title: Oxford Handbook of Language Evolution
• Author: Maggie Tallerman
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 790
• EAN: 9780199679164
• ISBN: 0199679169
• ID: 02536851
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Weight: 1336 g
• Dimensions: 242 × 164 × 43 mm
• Date of publishing: 05. September 2013

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